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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-54B464
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight. Ovoid weight with a bulbous end and a longitudinal aperture of diameter c.2.5mm, now part filled with soil. Patinated overall and abraded. Probably for use with a fishing line, though the form recalls that of larger medieval net sinkers. The proximity of the River Trent may be relevant to this discovery. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500.
Length: 29.7mm, Diameter: 15.2mm, Weight: 23.96gms.
Class: Line
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.7 mm
Weight: 23.96 g
Diameter: 15.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th June 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29122
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alkborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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